Crime Stories, you get, boy, no gloryNot in these Crime StoriesI'm tellin' you right now, you get no glory

Scene I:

Too-Big and the Hammer rollin' on a hitKnives in our hands to the sound of the click [click!]And now we're ready, we hit the swooveWindows ease down we sprang their crews[P-P-P-P-P-P-POW! POW! {woman screams}]Eight fools dead, a baby tooYou ask me how I'm livin'...This hit's for youBut that's not all we got the prizeA mother in the kitchen, now y'all, she's dead inside!

Yeah, we took the suckers out, they know what time it is now!

Crime Stories, homeboys, you get no gloryNot in these Crime StoriesYou ain't gettin' on that...No glory

Scene II: “Me And Too-Big At The Club”

Too-Big and the Hammer kickin' it at the clubBoostin' about the way that we pulled those sucker's plugsWe weren't worried, n'all! We didn't careWhen you're in this war, yo! All is fair!A tap on my shoulder, I turn aroundToo-Big is dyin' fast, he's on the groundI reach for my gat, it was too lateThe knives went pointblank range [click! click!] in my face

Crime Stories, boy, you get no gloryI'm not going to mislead my brothersCrime Stories, I'm tellin' ya right now, ah, will they talk? No glory

Scene III: “The Pimpin' Game”

Now I'm pimpin' these berries, got to get that moneyThose suckers still payin' for a little bit of honeyNothin' in this world can stop my flowAIDS ain't done nothin' but help my business growMy babes are trained to make that dollarTo take you out, fool, it ain't no botherYou dropped your pants, you'll pay the priceYour money may be AIDS, fool, and then your life

Yeah, that's right 'cause a pimp will get to make it, you know what I'm sayin' here!

We're talkin' about Crime StoriesAnd I ain't givin' up no propers, no gloryNot to those suckers talkin' about how they was locked upCrime Stories, all the real brothers have been locked up and we know you don't wanna go back...No glory

Scene IV: “The Pimp Got Took Out By Barry's Brother”

We got this tip on some new fresh baitMoney in their heads and they could hardly waitMy girls went to their room to make the playTwo suckers at once, yeah, would make my dayNow I'm outside some suckers walk upTalkin' real hard about smokin' my butt!He pushed the button, the blade came outCut me on my throat and then a bullet in my mouth [POW!]

I've got some devils that all the babes in hell, maybe he'll let me work with him? SSSSH...

Crime Stories, I'm tellin' ya, man, you get no glory'Cause I'm not gonna mislead my young brothersCrime Stories, if you ever been locked up, you know the true stories, no gloryAnd I'd like to say this before we get outta here!

SPOKEN:To my brothers in the game, my brothers weren't outThey're doin' what they feel they've got to doI wanna ask you one favour, let's let the young kids...10...11...12 years oldLet's let them go on and do their thing at the schoolhouse!Let's give them a chance to make itLet's give them a chance at a different lifeYou doin' what you feel you have to doBut the youngsters and they don't know any betterSo we want to give them a chance to liveI mean life is precious, and you know that yourselfAnd you try to make a better life for yourself...So what I'm sayin' is from the bottom of my heart, let the kids beHelp the children lead to another wayAnd peace from you! And I love you! And I'm OUTTA here!